Chen Luo: I'll Deliver Your Message, but Give Me Back My Fine

In short, he is mysterious, possesses special powers, is too close to the Seven Stars Immortal Conferment Ceremony, and also has the Vision...

It has to be said that Chen Luo is the kind of person who needs special attention.

The good news is that when Chen Luo saw Keqing walking towards them, he also saw Ganyu looking in their direction.

Senior Sister Ganyu, save my life!

"So, do you have anything to say?" Keqing stood in front of Chen Luo with her arms crossed.

"And if you're so capable, then run again," Keqing said unhappily.

This guy is incredibly fast; Keqing caught glimpses of him several times, but couldn't catch up with his taillights.

"There's no way to escape now," Chen Luo said helplessly.

We can't run now, and we can't run away anyway. The Millelith is all around us. How can we run?

Of course, it's not that you can't run, it's mainly because...

[Ding! You have a new request!]

[Stop running!]: Stop running, stop running, it's not like I'm going to kill you, why are you running so fast?

Reward: 100 Primogem

Difficulty: Two stars

"Emmm..." Upon seeing Keqing's request, Chen Luo suddenly realized something extraordinary.

[Ding! Mission complete]

This task is very simple; you just need to stand still.

Since Keqing didn't have such a strong obsession with the Geo Archon puppet, but has such a strong obsession with capturing Chen Luo, then if Chen Luo is captured by Keqing once, escapes immediately after completing the mission, commits another crime, and then Keqing has to catch him again...

Wouldn't that mean we could get a lot of Primogem?

Then the question arises: if I were to steal the Archon's Remains and leave, how many Primogem would Keqing be willing to commission?

Chen Luo's eyes were shining as he looked at Keqing.

"W-What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?" Seeing Chen Luo's intensely strange gaze, Keqing, who had been aggressive, subconsciously took a step back.

Is there something wrong with this person?

"Anyway, just pay the fine first." Keqing realized her mistake after taking a step back, so she took another step forward and said to Chen Luo.

"A fine? Didn't you come here to check me out?" Chen Luo asked after a moment of surprise.

"What's there to question? I've been watching you ever since the Seven Stars Immortal Conferment Ceremony. Do you think I don't know what you've been up to?" Keqing said, pursing her lips.

"Hmm, now that you put it that way, I really don't know whether I should be happy or sad," Chen Luo said, feeling a mix of emotions.

"And it always seems like you don't have much enthusiasm for questioning the people. At the same time, you don't seem very sad about the Emperor's passing," Chen Luo countered.

"I am naturally heartbroken over the Emperor's passing, but... heartbreak doesn't mean I have to keep showing that emotion. As for the first question about the interrogation... I don't think ordinary people have the ability to assassinate the Emperor, so as long as they honestly accept the interrogation and don't run away out of guilt, there won't be any problem," Keqing said.

"Hmm, so guilty they ran away..." Chen Luo paused for a moment, then glanced at the two figures, one big and one small, trying to escape out of the corner of his eye.

Honestly, Chen Luo didn't understand why the two of them wanted to run away. Don't you trust the omnipotent Mr. Chen Luo anymore? Are you there? Why don't you post a request? Or do you think I'm barely able to protect myself?

However, Chen Luo was too lazy to stop him.

After all, nothing dangerous will happen, and being wanted is probably a way to experience life.

At least Chen Luo was never wanted by the police.

Oh, no, Chen Luo was wanted by Schicksal.

"So pay the fine now." Keqing stretched out her hand to Chen Luo again.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

[Fine]

Reward: 20 Primogem

Difficulty: Minor

"... How much? Give me a number," Chen Luo said after a moment of silence.

"10% of the proceeds from the illegal sale of goods," Keqing said.

"21,100 Mora, here you go." Chen Luo counted out a bag of Mora and placed it in Keqing's hand.

"Huh? How could it only be 21,100 Mora? Did you actually sell items worth over 210,000 Mora?" Keqing looked at the fines with disbelief.

"You might not believe it, but I really only sold a little over 210,000 worth of items," Chen Luo said helplessly.

The 50,000 Mora compensation paid by the younger brother of that so-and-so group leader is not included, because that guy didn't take the goods away, so it doesn't count as a transaction, and naturally it doesn't count as income from selling the goods.

"How is that possible?"

"Why is it impossible? I've only been setting up my stall for a little over an hour, and 210,000 is already a huge transaction amount," Chen Luo said firmly.

"Putting everything else aside, just look at that super-large, super-detailed version of the Liyue Millennium Chessboard that Ningguang said you personally carved for her, engraved with Adeptus Inscriptions. Although Ningguang provided the wood for the chessboard, the processing fee, based on market prices, must have been at least 500,000 Mora, right?" Keqing said incredulously.

After all, it has Adeptus Inscriptions, so even selling it for 1 million Mora wouldn't be a bad deal.

"Actually, it's only 10,000 Mora. If you don't believe me, go ask Ningguang," Chen Luo said, shaking his head.

"Ten thousand Mora? Who are you kidding? Such a huge project, and you're only selling it for ten thousand Mora? How are you going to make a profit?" But Keqing didn't believe it at all.

"Sorry, I don't sell things based on the amount of Mora. I look at whether there's [Original]. If there's [Original], everything is negotiable, and I'll only charge a maximum of 10,000 Mora. If there's no [Original], the price will be much higher. And Ningguang happens to be one of those items that has [Original]," Chen Luo said.

After all, there are so many Primogem...

"Then show me the bill."

"To be honest, how could I, running a small business, have invoices?" Chen Luo shook his head.

"... How can you sell handicrafts without a receipt?"

"Please, this is my first time setting up a stall."

"You can't just set up a stall for the first time. What if you lose money in business if you don't keep a record of your income and expenses?"

"Don't worry about that, I won't lose money. I'm an artisan, so I have zero costs. I'm selling my own craftsmanship," Chen Luo said, shaking his head.

"But timber costs money too. If you don't have any costs, where will you get the money to buy timber?"

"I just chopped it up by the roadside on my way here?" Chen Luo replied.

"What? You actually deliberately destroyed trees? Do you have a logging permit?"

"..."

Wait, what is a logging permit?

And what right do you have to interfere with the trees in Jueyun?

"So?" Chen Luo asked tentatively.

"Keep fining me. Let me think how much it should be... How much did you cut?" Keqing asked, rubbing her forehead.

Keqing wasn't originally concerned with fines in this regard, but since the person was right in front of her, she felt it wouldn't be right not to impose a fine.

Of course, this money will eventually have to be handed over to the relevant departments.

"Hmm..." Chen Luo glanced at the various trees that took up 10 slots in his backpack and fell silent for a moment.

Chen Luo's backpack allows for the stacking of the same type of items.

The 10 squares represent 10 types of wood, and each type of wood has at least 20 trees.

That means Chen Luo cut down at least 200 trees.

"I only cut one down," Chen Luo said confidently.

Chapter 325 Chen Luo: I can help you deliver messages, but you have to pay back the fine.

"Although I have a feeling you may have cut down more than one, but... I'll just give you 10,000 Mora," Keqing said after a moment of contemplation.

After all, the more important matter right now is the assassination attempt on the Emperor.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

"Okay, I'll submit it." Looking at the request, Chen Luo swallowed back his words of objection.

10,000 Mora for 20 Primogem, what a steal!

And so, Chen Luo lost 31,100 Mora during his second conversation with Keqing.

"Um, Miss Keqing, Chen Luo, and Shenhe, Lady Ningguang requests your presence." Just after Chen Luo finished paying the fine, Senior Sister Ganyu, whom Chen Luo had been eagerly awaiting to come to his rescue, finally arrived late.

"Hmm? Oh." Keqing nodded and walked towards Ningguang and the others who were standing next to the corpse of the Geo Archon.

Before leaving, Keqing glanced at Chen Luo again, not quite understanding why she had to Chen Luo over.

However, since it was Ningguang's decision, Keqing didn't bother to interfere. Ningguang herself would explain later.

After a moment of surprise, Chen Luo nodded, then shifted his gaze to Ningguang and paused.

Those currently surrounding the corpse of the Geo Archon belong to a small group of people with high status in Liyue Harbor.

Having a high position is not enough; one must have a very high position or be a related person.

Chen Luo was quite curious about what Ningguang had asked him to do.

However, after glancing at Shenhe and Chen Luo, who seemed indifferent to everything, Chen Luo probably guessed what was going on.

Chen Luo and Shenhe walked in that direction. Ganyu glanced at Little Sirin sitting on Chen Luo's shoulder but didn't say anything.

Ganyu just hoped that the gray-haired woman who had been with Chen Luo earlier wouldn't follow, since Ningguang hadn't called her.

When Ganyu turned around, she found that the gray-haired woman had disappeared from the spot at some point, and she couldn't find her anywhere else.

"Never mind."

After gently shaking her head, Ganyu quickened her pace and led Chen Luo and the others through layers of guards toward Ningguang.

"A Luo, you've arrived." When Chen Luo walked near Ningguang, he saw the Herrscher of Knowledge sitting on the head of the Geo Archon's corpse.

What's strange is that even though the Herrscher of Knowledge did something so excessive and disrespectful to Rex Lapis, no one around her pointed it out or criticized her.

"Okay, help me pick out a few pieces from the other person's body. I'll see if I can soak them in alcohol when I get back. Don't take too much." Chen Luo greeted the Herrscher of Knowledge and then walked towards Ningguang.

"Understood." The Herrscher of Knowledge nodded, then stood up from Morax's head, her gaze sweeping over the other's body as if considering where to begin.

Or... should we just chop their head off?

The only one who could so openly ride on the head of Rex Lapis's corpse is probably the Herrscher of Knowledge.

Even for Childe like him, if he wanted to extract the Gnosis the dead Geo Archon, he would have to wait until the very last moment before he could make his move.

No one dared to openly steal the Gnosis of the Rex Lapis, after all, although the Rex Lapis was gone on the surface, there were still many immortals.

"Chen Luo, you saw what happened. The Emperor was assassinated for some unknown reason..." Ningguang said slowly as she saw Chen Luo approaching.

"I can vouch for him; he really didn't do anything during the Rite of Descension," Keqing said.

To put it bluntly, during the Seven Stars Immortal Conferment Ceremony, Keqing didn't notice the Emperor; instead, she kept staring at Chen Luo.

Because Chen Luo is indeed a suspicious person and needs close attention, not just because of the fine or anything like that.

"That's not what I meant, and I don't suspect that he is the murderer of the Emperor. I called him over mainly for another reason."

"Chen Luo, if possible, could you please help me contact Cloud Retainer? After all, such a major event as the Emperor's assassination attempt certainly requires someone to inform all the immortals. However, these immortals usually don't concern themselves with worldly affairs, and their residences are quite remote. If we send someone to notify them, it will inevitably cause some delays," Ningguang said to Chen Luo.

After all, immortals aren't so easy to meet.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

[Dispatch Request]: Go and tell the Cloud Retainer exactly what you saw about the assassination attempt on the Emperor.

Reward: 100 Primogem

Difficulty: Two stars

"Hmm, wait a minute, why should we send him?" Keqing asked curiously.

"Yes, Keqing, didn't you know? The young lady next to Chen Luo is named Shenhe. She is the disciple of Cloud Retainer, and Chen Luo's Adeptus Inscriptions engraving technique was also learned from Cloud Retainer. We just discussed this, which is why we asked Ganyu to call the two of them here," Ningguang said.

Just as Keqing went to Chen Luo to ask for a fine, Ningguang and the others were discussing how to handle this enormous problem.